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Tract – “Communique” (8 June 1968)

24 Wednesday Aug 2016

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COMMUNIQUE

The leaders of the F.E.N. have announced a rally to explain the lifting of the order for a general strike of teachers, to be held this Saturday at 5PM at the Labour Exchange.

1,500 teachers responding to the call found these leaders to be absent.

Recognising this failure, they went to the headquarters of their Federation, 10 rue de Solferino. After discussion they decided to occupy the headquarters. 

THEY have designated a PROVISIONAL STRIKE COMMITTEE which sits permanently, at 10 rue de Solferino.

They decided to publish the following call.

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CALL TO ALL TEACHERS

The F.E.N. activists, all of them teachers, cannot accept the return to work, leaving their comrades in secondary and higher education, their fellow students, their comrade Steelworkers, dockworkers, ORTF… isolated.

THE SCHOOLS AND TOWNS ARE STILL ON STRIKE.

We will not leave sections of the working class to fight alone while our fundamental common claims have not been met.

VICTORY FOR ALL IS 
   STILL POSSIBLE

On Monday the F.E.N. must call a general strike, with the support of A.P.E. which should continue until the complete satisfaction of our demands.
– REPEAL OF ORDINANCES
– TERMINATION OF THE FOUCHET PLAN
– TERMINATION OF THE PLAN Ve
REPEAL OF THE ANTI-SECULAR LAWS
THE NATIONALISATION OF EDUCATION

This strike must integrate into the overall fight, FEN MUST IMMEDIATELY MAKE CONTACT WITH THE UNIONS AND WORKERS.

For the cause of the GENERAL STRIKE
the formation of STRIKE COMMITTEES
elected at all levels

We demand that F.E.N. call for the assembly of all the teachers of Paris in a  
CENTRAL RALLY
 3 rue du Château d’eau (Metro Republic)

ALL TEACHERS TO THE RALLY
AT THE LABOR EXCHANGE
Monday, June 10 at 6PM

For the 1,500 teachers gathered at the Exchange.
The Interim Strike Committee
9:30 p.m., June 8 1968

Tract – “Communique” (May 7 1968 – Communist lecturers of the Faculty of Nanterre)

08 Sunday May 2016

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– C O M M U N I Q U E –

 The Communist teachers of the Faculty of NANTERRE vigorously protest against the police violation of academic freedom, the repressive outburst that followed, and the brutalities exercised against the students. They demand the cessation of these activities and the release of students who have been detained.

 They call for the full re-opening of closed Faculties and affirm their wish to see examinations proceed normally.

 The Communist teachers, conscious of their responsibility, specify that their solidarity with the students against repression does not imply their agreement with the unrealistic, demagogic and anti-communist slogans of some student organisations, they also repudiate such methods.

 These events are no less than a reflection of the deep concern of the majority of students about the uncertainty of their future. They highlight the depth of the crisis of the University for which the current regime is responsible. Moreover, the government with the support of much of the press, have used these circumstances to isolate and divide the students, in order to impose measures of selection in the coming year. They seek to turn public opinion against students and teachers.

 The Communist teachers say that no solution can be found in student unrest outside a joint action by students and teachers, supported by democratic forces and the working class in order to obtain:

 – The urgent building of new Faculties and of many University Institutes of Technology 
 – The creation of budgetary positions, the appointment of teachers and administrative staff
 – The awarding of a study grant and the development of social and cultural works co-managed by students
 – The establishment of democratic life in the Universities.

NANTERRE, May 7, 1968.